The Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment by Berry, Christopher

The Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780748608645)

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The Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment by Berry, Christopher

The Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment

$40.95
The Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment by Berry, Christopher

The Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment

$40.95
Format: Paperback
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David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers the student a clear, accessible interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these historically significant thinkers. Organised thematically, it takes the student through their accounts of social institutions, their critique of individualism, their methodology, their views of progress and of moral and cultural values. By taking human sociality as their premise, the book shows how they produced important analyses of historical change, politics and morality, together with an assessment of their own commercial society.

Author: Christopher Berry
ISBN-10: 0748608648
ISBN-13: 9780748608645
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1997
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.16w x 0.76d
By Christopher Berry
By Christopher Berry
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Chris Berry is Professor Emeritus of Political Theory at the University of Glasgow, which he joined from 1970, from the LSE where he completed his doctorate. He is best known for his work on the Scottish Enlightenment and on the 'Idea of Luxury' and he has given invited keynote lectures on these themes in China, Japan, Chile, the US and in Europe. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

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